1 held for gang rape of minor girl in Muzaffarpur

PATNA: Family members of a minor girl brutally thrashed one Suraj Sahni (19) at Bedaulia villager under the Musahari police station of Muzaffarpur late on Friday night after a video of the girl being gang-raped went viral.
Musahari police station SHO Maheshwar Mandal on Saturday said it was around 11pm on Friday when Suraj’s mother informed police that some villagers were thrashing her son.
“Police went to the spot following which the matter regarding the gang rape and viral video came to light. Suraj, who was in serious condition following the thrashing, was brought to the police station and subsequently sent for treatment,” Mandal said.
He said the gang-rape survivor is aged around 15 years and the incident took place at Bedaulia on April 7 when she had gone to the fields to relieve herself.
“Suraj along with his associate Jyoti Kumar had allegedly raped the girl. They recorded a video of the entire incident and threatened her with dire consequences she reported the matter to anybody,” he said.
Mandal said the entire matter remained in dark until recently one of the accused youths forwarded the video to the rape survivor’s uncle on Friday.
“Villagers held meeting to resolved the matter. However, when the meeting failed to resolve the matter, the gang-rape survivor’s family members got hold of Suraj and thrashed him after tying up on their premises,” Mandal said.
He said the gang-rape survivor lodged an FIR with the Women’s police station after which a women police team took Suraj into their custody on Saturday.
The SHO said police also have collected the clipping of the video which was forwarded to the girl’s uncle.
Women’s police station SHO Niru Kumari said the second accused Jyoti was still evading arrest.
“The victim has made Suraj and Jyoti named accused in FIR. Suraj has been forwarded to jail on Saturday evening,” she said.
She also said that raids were on to nab Jyoti — a native of Dhiran Chhapra under Bela police station area of Muzaffarpur district.
“Process is on to record her statement before a judicial magistrate and get her medically examined,” she added.